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December 13, 2016

Business & Economy

Quayside digital marketing company snags top industry award

Entering the 2016 UK Search Awards with a campaign which helped to transform one of their clients into a leading player in the UK’s car leasing sector, Evolved pipped some of the country’s largest agencies and a number of…

June 23, 2020

Business & Economy

Β£3.5 million engineering test centre in Gateshead nears completion

A Β£3.5 million Gateshead engineering assembly and test centre has reached a key phase of construction following the completion of the structural steel framework. The 48,000sq ft purpose-built centre is being developed to enable Express Engineering to maintain growth and…

April 5, 2022

Business & Economy

Strategic move sees Karol Marketing acquire Fusion PR Creative

Leading North East PR and communications agency Karol Marketing has announced the acquisition of Fusion PR Creative. The move will drive forward a vision to offer the very highest level of strategic communications, marketing, digital, public affairs and public…

April 15, 2019

Business & Economy

GEM Training assists Greencroft Bottling Company utilise Apprenticeship Levy

A Peterlee training company is helping one of the UK’s largest contract wine bottlers to fully utilise its share of the apprenticeship levy. GEM Training is the long-term partner of County Durham’s Greencroft Bottling Company and is delivering a number…

March 8, 2022

Business & Economy

Β£4 Million fund to boost local community businesses in the North of Tyne

Local community businesses, co-operatives, and socially-minded enterprises will soon have the chance to apply for a share of a new Β£4 million innovative finance fund – thanks to a new partnership between the North of Tyne Combined Authority (NTCA) and community business champions, Power To Change.

August 11, 2020

Business & Economy

Tees Components ‘pushing ahead with growth’ after Β£500,000 investment

A heavy engineering firm says it is ready to take the next steps in its growth journey after spending Β£500,000 on new equipment. Tees Components has bought and installed a CNC horizontal boring mill, which it says will double operational…

March 20, 2019

Business & Economy

Expansion for North East company as turnover and headcount soar

Having more than doubled its head count from 30 employees to over 65 in the past year, Newcastle based Bloom Procurement Services plans further expansion, with staff numbers set to grow again in the coming months. Formed in 2012, Bloom…

April 24, 2020

Business & Economy

Miner’s community fund supports local causes with Β£3500 grants boost

A fund linked to a North East surface coal mine is helping support local responses to the coronavirus pandemic. The Banks Mining Brenkley Lane Community Fund has paid out Β£3500 to three Newcastle organisations. Officials have awarded a Β£1000 grant to…